Filtration-based culture methods improve recovery of fungal pathogens in respiratory specimens

Chadi M El Saleeby; Ginger R Jamison; Stanley B Pounds; Carolyn B Hewitt; Randall T Hayden

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.04.005

Filtration-based culture methods improve recovery of fungal pathogens in respiratory specimens

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;56(2):221-3. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.04.005. Epub 2006 May 24.

Authors

Chadi M El Saleeby¹, Ginger R Jamison, Stanley B Pounds, Carolyn B Hewitt, Randall T Hayden

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16725298
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.04.005

Abstract

We describe a filtration-based culture method to enhance sensitivity of routine culture for recovery of fungi from respiratory specimens. The new method resulted in an 8.3% (P = 0.0039) increase in recovery for all organisms and a 6.4% (P = 0.0391) for Candida species when compared to the conventional culture technique.

MeSH terms

Filtration
Fungi / isolation & purification*
Humans
Microbiological Techniques
Mycoses / diagnosis*
Mycoses / microbiology*
Respiratory Tract Diseases / diagnosis*
Respiratory Tract Diseases / microbiology*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Specimen Handling